{"id":298182,"date":"2023-12-15T21:13:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298182"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:13:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:13:36","slug":"david-moyes-lauds-edson-alvarez-after-west-ham-claim-europa-league-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-lauds-edson-alvarez-after-west-ham-claim-europa-league-win\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moyes lauds Edson Alvarez after West Ham claim Europa League win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Edson Alvarez and Mohammed Kudus are hailed by David Moyes who claims duo &#8216;will get better&#8217; &#8211; with the West Ham boss praising the former for scoring a &#8216;big goal&#8217; that helped Hammers book their place in the Europa League last 16<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edson Alvarez scored to help West Ham claim a 2-0 victory against Freiburg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The result means the Hammers will advance to the last-16 of the Europa League<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Moyes hailed Edson Alvarez&#8217;s performance after the Mexican starred in West Ham&#8217;s 2-0 victory over Freiburg to book their place in the last-16 of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez produced a wonderful assist for Mohammed Kudus in the 14th minute before the midfielder turned scorer later on.<\/p>\n<p>And Moyes lauded both Alvarez and Kudus who were signed from Ajax in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He did great (Alvarez),&#8217; Moyes said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The assist for the first one was a great pass then he did a great bit of link up with Jarrod (Bowen) and scores a big goal so I&#8217;m really pleased for him tonight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/23\/78984193-0-image-a-38_1702598214611.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Moyes has lumped praise on West Ham United star Edson Alvarez after his side qualified for the last-16 of the Europa League<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/23\/78984161-0-image-a-40_1702598241659.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alvarez scored during the Hammers&#8217; 2-0 victory against Freiburg at the London Stadium<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/23\/78984379-0-image-a-42_1702598282608.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moyes also lauded his team-mate Mohammed Kudus (R), who also scored during the match<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s still recovering a bit with illness but I&#8217;m really pleased with the things he&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The two of them (Kudus and Alvarez) have made great contributions already.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mainly Mohammed with goals and Edson with other elements and the two will get better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The hardest bit to find is the consistency with the intensity of the games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;ve both settled in really well and they&#8217;ve done a good job.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>West Ham will avoid playing in the last-32 after tonight&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes admitted the victory which sealed West Ham&#8217;s place at the top of Group A will give his side respite in February.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot also highlighted the Hammers&#8217; emergence in Europe in the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;It is hugely important for us to get a bit of breathing space in February which we wouldn&#8217;t of had if we finished second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Qualifying for Europe and winning the group three years in a row now is really good for a side who has not been regular attendees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/23\/78984243-0-image-a-43_1702598382622.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The result means the Scottish manager&#8217;s side will not have to participate in February&#8217;s play-offs and Moyes spoke of how important that was for his side<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/00\/78984197-0-image-a-45_1702598467679.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moyes also praised his side for finishing top of a tough group that included Olympiacos, Freiburg and Backa Topola\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that&#8217;s 10 wins in Europe in a row now and that&#8217;s good for any team. Our control was pretty good and we&#8217;ve learnt from the games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tonight we deserved our victory and deserved to top the toughest group out of the three previous years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Freiburg manager Christian Streich highlighted West Ham&#8217;s quality on the night.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It&#8217;s difficult to shut the gaps down. Jordy Makengo was playing against a top player like Kudus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lucas Paqueta has got fantastic quality and I could really mention the whole team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you don&#8217;t play at the highest level it is hard to play against the team at the level of West Ham.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12866447\/West-Ham-Europa-League-Freiburg-David-Moyes-Edson-Alvarez-Mohammed-Kudus-lumps-praise.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Edson Alvarez and Mohammed Kudus are hailed by David Moyes who claims duo &#8216;will get better&#8217; &#8211; with the West Ham boss praising the former <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-lauds-edson-alvarez-after-west-ham-claim-europa-league-win\/\" title=\"David Moyes lauds Edson Alvarez after West Ham claim Europa League win\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Moyes lauds Edson Alvarez after West Ham claim Europa League win - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-lauds-edson-alvarez-after-west-ham-claim-europa-league-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Moyes lauds Edson Alvarez after West Ham claim Europa League win - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edson Alvarez and Mohammed Kudus are hailed by David Moyes who claims duo &#8216;will get better&#8217; 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